Kamran Bokhari explores the evolving "arc of crisis" across southern Eurasia, examining how ongoing domestic and regional conflicts have led to escalating instability in many states within this strategic region.

On February 7 at 4 PM, The Center for Governance and Markets will host a conversation with Caroline Savage, Director of the Office of Russian Affairs at the US Department of […]

The talk will explore how subnational democratization shaped fiscal policies and public goods in authoritarian regimes, focusing on the introduction of elected self-governance in Russian cities in the 1870s and 1880s.

Gary Hoover explores inequality and mobility through a minimal model of evolving income distributions, drawing on his expertise in income distribution, poverty, and public finance.

Ahmad Nawber examines Afghanistan’s education system—from its historical strengths to its collapse—and explores how community-driven models like the Rushd Foundation’s Hope Schools and online digital platform circumvent systemic exclusion.